I was the restless kind   With a heart inclined to play games of chance    Until a dark-eyed girl from another world   Led me a dangerous dance    On the cliffs of Oahu       Oahu Oahu Oahu       We became the slaves of the Pacific waves   That come hard and slow    Sometimes a coral reef shelters a gentle beach   But there's an undertow    On the shores of Oahu       Oahu Oahu Oahu       It wasn't meant to be, she had no time for me   'Cause she was writing her novel    I'm just a haole now, but I'll go back somehow   And I'll stay there forever    For the love of Oahu       Oahu Oahu Oahu Oahu Oahu Oahu Oahu